n.

1. 堕落；腐化；贪污；贿赂[U]
   The city is riddled with corruption.

   该城腐败成风。

2. （语词的）讹用，讹误[(the) S] [(+of)]
   "Nite" is sometimes considered a slang corruption of "night".

   “Nite”有时被看成是“night”在俚语中的讹用。

3. 腐坏，腐烂[U]
   The heat accelerated the corruption of the dead body.

   天热加速了死尸的腐烂。

n.

1. the action of corrupting or the state of being corrupt.
2. archaic the process of decay.